Deadlight Review w/Zapmar

This article is about the game. For the World War II scuttling of submarines, see Operation Deadlight. For the album, see Before the Dawn (band)#Deadlight.
Deadlight
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Developer(s) Tequila Works
Publisher(s) Microsoft Studios
Engine Unreal Engine 3[1]
Platform(s) Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Microsoft Windows (Steam)
Release date(s) Xbox 360
WW August 1, 2012[2]
Microsoft Windows
WW October 25, 2012[3]
Genre(s) Cinematic platformer, survival horror, sidescroller
Mode(s) Single-player
Deadlight is a 2012 sidescrolling survival horror/cinematic platforming video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, developed by Tequila Works and published by Microsoft Studios.[4] It was released for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on August 1,[2] and for Windows via Steam on October 25.[3] In 2014, Deadlight was available for free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers from April 16-30.[5] On August 19, 2014, Deadlight was featured in the Humble Jumbo Bundle 2, making its DRM-free debut for PC.[6]

Set in Seattle in 1986, the game tells the story of Randall Wayne, a former park ranger who sets out to find his family in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Intended as a throwback to the classic sidescrolling games of the 1980s and early 1990s, such as Prince of Persia, Another World and Flashback,[7] Deadlight received mixed reviews, with many critics praising the graphics, atmosphere and plot, but criticizing the game's controls, brevity and linearity.